The Griffon 470TD is a twin diesel-engined craft capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots (35 mph, 55kms/hr) designed for amphibious operations in protected waters. Seating 6-8 people, including the driver, or carrying a total of 470kgs (1036lbs) of payload, this highly manoeuvrable small hovercraft will operate where no boat can venture - over land, shallow water, sand banks, mud flats, ice, snow, rocks, weed, logs, debris and rapids. Conceived specifically for the RNLI (Royal National Life Boat Institute) as a search and rescue craft, where manoeuvrability in small, remote shallow waters is paramount, the 470TD is designed with a 'get-you-home' capability on only one engine.